My computer crashed is there a way to plug my iphone into itunes without losing everything on it

Recently my computer crashed and I had to reprogram it.  I'm wondering if there is a way after downloading itunes that I can plug my phone into it and not lose everything I have stored in it?

You won't lose everything on your iPhone when syncing with an empty iTunes library, but you will lose all iTunes content on your iPhone, and the same for photos on your iPhone that were transferred from your computer.
This is just one of the reasons why maintaining a backup of all important data on your computer's hard drive is important - stored on an external drive or some other external media used for backup purposes only, which should include your iTunes library. The iPhone is not designed or intended to be a backup storage device.
Did you lose all important data on your computer's hard drive, or just your iTunes library?
iTunes includes an option to transfer iTunes content from an iPod, iPad, or iPhone that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store, but this is for iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
First you need to re-authorize your computer with your iTunes account with iTunes. With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone. This should include all 3rd party apps on your iPhone.

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